Documents / FOIA release
This is an unclassified CIA broadcast monitoring listing titled "Comlist: Moscow Consolidated", dated 26 January 1991 and approved for release in February 2010. It catalogues the day's Soviet radio, TV and TASS items by topic. Coverage includes the Persian Gulf war, Foreign Minister Bessmertnykh's trip to the United States, unrest in the Baltic republics, the withdrawal of 50 and 100 ruble banknotes, and India's Republic Day. One entry, a repeat from a Korean-language service, notes world interest in the sighting of a UFO.
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126 103 "welcome to our home":yiannis mitropoulos and anna benaki featuring life and work of moiseyev family in moscow. (rpt greek 181730, item 121 on 18 jan list) (greek 2000) 127 TB2701132191TAKE7 128 SOVIET ECONOMY 129 104 vitaliy gurov on 25 jan being last day of current soviet financial reforms. (rpt enginter 251210, item 25 jan list) (enginter 0000 portbraz 0000 spanish 252100 hungarian 252000; anon: mand 252200) 130 105 roundup reports on progress of money exchange operation, noting govt prolongs period for pensioners to exchange money. (c/r tv 251800, item 112 on 25 jan list) (3 min: tv 1530) 131 106 gorbachev decree on measures to promote struggle against economic sagotage and other economic crimes. (600 text sent: tassr 1735 tv 1800; 300 text: tasse 1915; one min: enginter 2000 2100 spanla 2300 spanish 2100 greek 2000 serbo 2000; brief: enginter 2300) 132 107 soviet statistics cmtee report on soviet economic crisis worsening. (300 text sent: tasse 0934) 133 108 valeriy kiosa criticizing way in which money exchange has been carried out, noting following ussr cabinet of ministers statement extending money exchange period for pensioners is entering deciding phase. (5 min, sent: home 1732) 134 109 vladimir korablev report from moscow rayon dpty's commission for exchange of bank-notes, quoting chmn of rayon exec cmtee that task of exchanging bank-notes has been fulfilled in rayon, dispelling rumors that state will only change 1,000 rubles. (5 min: home 2000) 135 110 vitaliy gurov on events of last week in ussr when 50 and 100 ruble notes were withdrawn and replaced, noting replacement of notes is an attempt to deal a blow on shadow economy, quoting prime minister pavlov on this, quoting mp (peskov) on two main aims of excahnge, mentioning leaders of internal affairs ministry say exchange dealt a tangible blow on black market dealers, stressing that operation should be well organized to protect honest ppl. (3.5 min: enginter 1210 1510 1810 2110 spanish 2100 arabic 1500 polish 1600 serbo 2000 bulgarian 1600 romanian 1700; anon: spanla 2300) 136 LIFE IN USSR 137 111 "soviet panorama". (rpt enginter 232000, item 132 on 23 jan list) (enginter 2000) 138 112 "ussr today": soviets send letters to gorbachev on baltic states (3.5 min); (chankov) on rsfsr supsov session held in moscow on political situation in baltic states (4.5 min); iea holds seminar in kiev on intl survey of chernobyle nuke disaster (3 min). (11 min overall: mand 1300) 139 113 "various aspects of soviet life": intvw with (viktor stefanov), 139 113 "various aspects of soviet life": intvw with (viktor stefanov), (karelia) assr supsov chmn, explaining structure of rsfsr national state (6 min); intro to exhibition of (kalin) war victims (6 min); intro to architectures of old russia (7 min). (kor 0900) 140 114 "glimpses of soviet land": corr intvw with soviet ppl's dpty on new union treaty' yuriy rogachev report on land reforms in ussr' corr report on meeting organized in moscow friendship hall pegged to 10-day program on indian republic day. (20 min overall: hind 1200; 15 min: tamil 1400) 141 115 "before and after midnight": incl film sequence giving lithuanian and latvian tv footage of events in nilnius and riga (3 min); molchanov studio discussion with film director elem klimov, writer ion drutse and publicist yegor yakovlev, chief editor moskovskiye novosti, discussing problems in
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 10 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.